Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-27
THE LOvELIEsT CITY OF SOUTH.
 ERN MEXICO.

ana Engaged in That of Agri- The Good Luck of Laborde
 the Young French Miner.
 OuERsAvAcA, Mex, Aug. 9th.
 This ancient town, which is now csr;. 'al Of the State of Morelas. as if was once that of the Tlahuica nation. has s population of about l7.OOO. and its quaint name. literally translated. mesns
 morning cows" It was one of the tnirty cities which the Spanish soyer- eign. Carlos V. gave to Cortes, and after. wards It formed part of the estates of the Dukes de Monteleone, who repre- sensed the Cortes family for many gem eratlons. Away back in the fourteenth century when the Tlahuicos Indians founded the town, they called it Quauhnshuss, signifying near TO the beautiful hills" e much more appro- priste name than thst bestowed by the usurPers. who conquered and got pos session ot the city in the spring of I52l.
 Lying at an elevation of less than five thousand feet above the sea, on @ spur or land Iutting out from the mountains between two barrancss, or ravines. of great length and dizzy height, and be- lhg well supplied with heat and water. us vegetation Is exceptionally luxuriaut. even Tor the tropics, and the suburbe.
 ONE CONTINUOUS GARDEN.
 The early writers on Merico have all celebrated in glowing terms not onlv the beauty and the delightful climate off Cuernsvacs. but the strength of its sitn- atlon. wbIch, being defended on one side by the steepest of hills. and mn tbe other Dy terrible ravine through which surged an impossible torrent-tbe Tls- nuicas considered absolutely impregna- oie. but those guileless ssvages had nor reckoned on the greedy enterprise oI the Spsnisrds, who crossed the stu penduous bsrrsnca from above, after cling huge trees whose branches form ed sn immense bridge for men and horses. It is said inst the primitive eausewsy proved regular Al Serst to the invaders, many of whom perished in the passage by tumbling into the abyss below.
 After the subjugstion of its original possessors, Cuernsvaca attracted to it selt host of Spanish adventurers. bat none of them SO successful as Herman Cortes, the Marquis of the Valley" Here he built 8 beautiful country resi-. dence for his young and beautiful sec ond wife, and for time devoted himself to agricultural pursuits, with ardor equalled only by that with which he had hls neighbors, the Indians, only few years before.
 To find
 FL PALAcIo DE COATES,
 As it IS stIll called. go down tine main street leading to the eastern part of the town, and you cannot miss the venera- ble structure which the conqueror erect. ed for his own dwelling, wherein he planned the cultivation of his ample ca tate, and later contrived the discovery of the California gulf and peninsula.
 To Cortes the Cuernsvscs planters were directly indebted for the introduc- tion of Merino sheep (whose wool IS now one of the staple products of the state ], | and also. it IS said, for the first sugsr- cane that ever lifted its tasseled head l beneath the burning sun of Mexico. | These things trsnspired right here in | this vale of Cuernavacs three centuries | and half ago, and to-day not only the | Bn cient castle, with its bsttlemented | roof and wide srchei entrances, attest | to Oortes' industry, but all the sur valleys ss we'll with their way ing pillows of succulent cane.
 The castle itself, still in 6 good state of preservation. is now occupied ss B court house, and of course has under gone some changes which entered not into the plan of the original proprietor The vast structure nses directly above | the eastern bsrrsncs, and from its upper | where the halls of iustice are | now located, one may gain
 MAGNIFICENT VIEW Of town and country. The houses ol Ouernsvaca are mostly of stone, all ovsr- | grown with vines and surrounded by | gardens. The domes and spires of sew .rsl churches point hesvenwsrd through | he trees, and hundreds of lovely cane I cottages are hidden beneath sn
 = "Unhroken roof Of leaves.
 lndernest EwhOse slOping caves
 The shadows hardly move"
 Here also is a convent for Francis | 'ans. and 6 massive old church winch | Jortes built, believing that he had laid | he foundation of 8 great city. Every hing seemed to favor hIs ides-noi | Dnly the unrivsled climate and the beau y of the situation, but the abundance | 'f water, Ca rare blessing in Mexico pine | rees, delicious fruits. ineIhsustible | nInes in the immediate neighborhood, md its nesrness to the national Capital. Despite all these advantages, however. {: has never been a place of espt cisl im- except as the resort, during portion of the year, for few wealthy IeIIcsns and fewer American tourists.
 EMPEROR MAMMALIAN
 Also built palace here which is now lsed as a school house. and is known sE T Colegio de las Nifiss. A handsome hough neglected old garden sdjoins 1t, within which bananas and palms are Iourishing amid & wilderness of flowers; ut all about the premises seems as sad nd ruinous as the fortunes of the royal dventurer from MiramRr. This charm ng retreat cost the short lived emperor